Table of Illustrations 



Woodherry Forest Facing Page 256 



Horseshoe 261 



Redlands 269 



Morvcn 272 



Farmiiigton 274 



Mirador 2H4 



Red Hill 2S7 



Berry Hill 299 



Bellevue 300 



Banister Lodge 305 



Prestwould 30Q 



Carter Hall 336 



The Meadows 348 



Carpet Hill ^-,2 



HALF-TONE ENGRAVINGS 



The Saunders House Facing Page 20 



Peyton Randolph House 20 



Bassett Hall, Where Tom Moore Wrote "The Firefly" 21 



Home of George Wythe, Where the Once Beautiful Gardens May be Traced 24 



The Peachy House from the Balcony of Which LaFayette Spoke ... 24 



The Tucker House, Where John Randolph of Roanoke Lived as a Boy . . 24 



Tazewell Hall, Home of Sir John Randolph 24 



Bruton Parish Church, Where a Pink Hawthorne Tree Blooms Above Masses 



of Violets and Narcissi 25 



Maycox, on James River, Site of First Attempt at Horticulture in America 25 

 Carter's Grove on the Lower James, Where a Terraced Garden Once Led 



Down to the River 25 



The Little Garden at Claremont 29 



Entrance to "The Old Mansion" at Claremont 29 



Tedington, Home of the Lightfoots 32 



Brandon, Original Seat of the Harrison Family 33 



June in the Garden at Brandon 36 



Vista of James River in the Garden at Brandon 38 



Upper Brandon 40 



The Garden at Upper Brandon 40 



James River Near Upper Brandon 41 



Weyanoke 41 



Flower de Hundred 42 



Westover, the Home of William Byrd 44 



Garden Walk at Westover 45 



Tomb of William Byrd H at W'cstover 48 



River Wall at Westover 49 



A Gateway at Westover 56 



Appomattox — Founded by Francis Eppes in 1635 • ?<7 



Cucumber Tree at Violet Banks, the Shore Estate Near Appomattox, With 



Spread of One Hundred Feet. General Lee Camped in Its Shade During 



the Campaign of 1864 57 



Shirley, Original Home of the Carters 64 



Falling Creek, Site of the First Iron Furnace in America 65 



Ampthill, Home of Colonel Archibald Gary ^ 



Old Stone Bridge Over Falling Creek 69 



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